Taylor has written and The Land is no exception. ' I pretty much love everything Mildred D. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.It was a beautiful, moving story that is actually taken from Mildred Taylor's family history. Although it was predictable that he would obtain the land, the way he gets it is miraculous, brought on by his and others' faith in God. When it becomes available, a few mishaps come along that nearly prevent him from getting it. Through the subsequent years, Paul, along with Mitchell and other new found friends, painstakingly work for another piece of land while he waits for the dream land to become available to buy. They eventually end up in an area where Paul finds his dream land. His dream has always been to own land, and he saves money through his work with his friend Mitchell. His white father and brothers, however, treat him like he's no different, but throughout the course of his life, events have a way of changing one brother's view of him and Paul runs away. This is a story of a man, Paul Logan, who is both black and white, a dangerous combination back in the late 1800s. This book taught me much about family, loyalty, dreams and sacrifice. 'This book is a must-read as a prequel to 'Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.' I'm not sure how I came upon this book before I found it sitting on my bookshelf, but I'm so glad it's in my possession. He takes on a variety of jobs, and is brutally cheated and mistreated by his white employers, but he eventually succeeds, at great personal and financial cost, in owning his own patch of land. The one thing that Paul-Edward loves is the land, and he spends the rest of his life trying to own land of his own. He cannot fit into either the black world or the white world. His father raises him almost as if he were white, but when it counts, he's treated as a black man with racist spite and hatred. Paul-Edward is the son of a white father and a half-black, half-Indian mother. This searing and inspiring prequel to ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY is the story of Cassie Logan's grandfather.

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